From the beginning, abstraction has been intrinsic to photography, and its persistent popularity reveals much about the medium. The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography is the first book in English to document this phenomenon and to put it into historical context, while also examining the diverse approaches thriving within contemporary photography. Aperture is pleased to release this book in an affordable paperback edition. Author Lyle Rexer examines abstraction at pivotal moments, starting with the ...
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From the beginning, abstraction has been intrinsic to photography, and its persistent popularity reveals much about the medium. The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography is the first book in English to document this phenomenon and to put it into historical context, while also examining the diverse approaches thriving within contemporary photography. Aperture is pleased to release this book in an affordable paperback edition. Author Lyle Rexer examines abstraction at pivotal moments, starting with the inception of photography, when many of the pioneers believed the camera might reveal other aspects of reality. The Edge of Vision traces subsequent explorations-from the Photo-Secessionists, who emphasized process and emotional expression over observed reality, to Modernist and Surrealist experiments. In the decades to follow, in particular from the 1950s through the 1980s, a multitude of photographers-Edward Weston, Aaron Siskind, Barbara Kasten, Ellen Carey, and James Welling among them-took up abstraction from a variety of positions. Finally, Rexer explores the influence the history of abstraction exerts on contemprary thinking about the medium. Many contemporary artists-most prominently Penelope Umbrico, Michael Flomen, and Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin-reject classic definitions of photography's documentary dimension in favor of other conceptually inflected possibilities, somewhere between painting and sculpture, that include the manipulation of process and printing. In addition to Rexer's engagingly written and richly illustrated history, this volume includes a selection of primary texts from and interviews with key practitioners and critics, such as Alvin Langdon Coburn, L???szl??? Moholy-Nagy, Gottfried J???gger, Silvio Wolf, and Walead Beshty.
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Good in a Good++ dust jacket; Hardcover; Withdrawn library copy with the standard library markings; Dust jacket is moderately shelfworn and edgeworn, but is overall clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Moderate wear to the boards; Library stamps to endpapers; Text pages clean & unmarked; Excellent binding with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75"-10.75" tall); 3.0 lbs; Blue and red dust jacket with title in white lettering; 2009, Aperture Publishing; 256 pages; "The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography, " by Lyle Rexer.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. Contains: Illustrations, black & white, Illustrations, color. Audience: General/trade.
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Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75"-10.75" tall); 3.0 lbs; Blue and red dust jacket with title in white lettering; 2009, Aperture Publishing; 256 pages; "The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography, " by Lyle Rexer.
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Collectable-Very Good Condition in Very Good jacket. 9781597111003. Photography, Abstract. VG/VG-1st ed 2009 Aperture hardback, unclipped DJ. Small tears around top of DJ spine, bright and unmarked. Size: 8.25 x 1 x 10.25 inches. 256 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Photography; Photography, Abstract; ISBN: 1597111007. ISBN/EAN: 9781597111003. Dewey Code: 770.1. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 088669.
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Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, just light edgewear, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75"-10.75" tall); 3.0 lbs; Blue and red dust jacket with title in white lettering; 2009, Aperture Publishing; 256 pages; "The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography, " by Lyle Rexer.
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Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium-Large Format (Quatro, 9.75"-10.75" tall); Blue and red dust jacket with title in white lettering; 2009, Aperture Publishing; 256 pages; "The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography, " by Lyle Rexer.
